PREP TRACK: BIG MOMENT FOR VALENCIA HURDLER.Byline: Matthew Matthew one of the twelve disciples. [N.T.: Matthew] See : Evangelism Kredell Staff Writer Chris Chutuk had one thing in mind after running a personal record 14.54 in the 110 hurdles in the Foothill League finals last week: He wanted to find his coach. It wasn't for the congratulations Valencia coach Mike Pontius would surely give him. It was to brag. Pontius, a hurdler in high school, had been telling Chutuk for the past two years that his best of 14.71 in school was better than Chutuk had ever done. ``It's just kind of something fun to joke about with him,'' Pontius said. ``I tell him his old, fat coach ran faster than him.'' Chutuk is the top seed in the 110 hurdles and second seed in the 300 hurdles heading into Friday's Southern Section Division I prelims at Long Beach City College. The senior is glad to challenge Pontius' record before finishing high school and to be peaking at the right time. ``It's been fun,'' Chutuk said. ``We always joke about it and I finally beat him. He was really excited when I found him.'' --Throw champ: As has been the case throughout the league, Ryan Davis of Saugus had no challenge in the Foothill League finals in the shot put. Davis threw 56 feet, 10 inches on his first try and knew he didn't need to do any more. ``After the first throw, I knew I had it won,'' Davis said. ``So I kind of took it easy.'' Davis' throw puts him third heading into Saturday's Southern Section Div. II prelims at Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. . But to challenge for first, he likely will have to improve by two feet. His personal best is 57-6 1/2. ``I'm kind of disappointed that I wasn't able to throw a personal record in the shot put,'' Davis said. ``But the mark is good enough to put me in the top flight with all the big guys. I didn't want to choke (jargon) choke - To fail to process input or, more generally, to fail at any endeavor. E.g. "NULs make System V's "lpr(1)" choke." See barf, gag. and get put in with a bunch of scrubs scrubs See Surgical scrubs. at CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). .'' --Scratched: Canyon's distance team of Luke Llamas, Jameson Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. and Ryan Morgan Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. all were planning to drop the 1,600 and concentrate on the 3,200 beginning in the Foothill League finals. They all were scratched from the league finals but decided later that they wanted to run. Llamas ran the 800 in most dual meets to help the team, meaning he had run only three miles on a rubber track. ``(Coach Dave DeLong) is giving me a hard time because I haven't broken his best time of 4:17.7,'' Llamas said. ``So he jokes that I can't run as fast as him.'' Canyon petitioned to have the three reinstated for the mile, needing approval of all league coaches. Approval was not granted. Llamas was visibly upset and ran a slower 3,200 than usual, finishing in third place but qualifying. --Down and out: When one race is all that counts to qualify, anything can happen. Alisha Thompson Thompson, city, Canada Thompson, city (1991 pop. 14,977), central Man., Canada, on the Burntwood River. A mining town, it developed after large nickel deposits were discovered in the area in 1956. , one of the best hurdlers This is a list of notable male hurdlers (110 m H- 400 m H) since the first Olympic Games in 1896. This list includes athletes who have been a medalist in the Olympic Games or World championships (indoor and outdoor). in Division I, tripped over a hurdle HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. early in the 100 hurdles at the Foothill League fi hard fall but got up to finish the race strongly. It wasn't, however, good enough to catch the field and she did not qualify for the Southern Section prelims. Thompson, a sophomore, did win the league title in the high jump and ran on two winning relay teams. SOUTHERN SECTION PRELIMS Division I Teams: Canyon, Valencia, Hart When: Friday, 3:30 p.m. Where: Long Beach City College Division II Team: Saugus When: Friday, 3:30 p.m. Where: Mt. San Antonio College CAPTION(S): box Box: SOUTHERN SECTION PRELIMS (see text) |
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